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NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE
Rocky Mount, N. C.
U. S. POSTAGf
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PanMl No. 217
Rocky AAounl, N. C
Nofi-Profit Organiution
VOL X NO. XX
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1969
Pi Epsilon’s Man, Students Criticize Cafeteria
Music, Is Ugliest
Tom Mowbray, Presi
dent of Wesleyan’s Omi-
cron Rho Chapter of Al
pha Phi Omega, announ
ced last Friday that
“Bubbles” Music, Pi Hp-
silon Sorority's candidate
for Ugliest Man On Cam
pus, had had the honor
confirmed by the voters„
Music won when, with
only a short time left for
voting, the two fraterni
ties threw their support
to Pi Epsilon, topping the
leading candidate until
that time, Dave Siple, who
represented Wesleyan
Players.
Funds raised by the
UMOC contest will be
used by APO to further
their activities with the
Stoney Creek Fire Dept„
and Rescue Squad.
Spring Assemblies
To Begin This Week
Jess Blackman, SGA
President, and Dr, Wilde,
Dean of Students, announ
ced recently a series of
five Tuesday morning as
semblies to be held this
spring.
The programs center
primarily on the social
alienation of youth and
on the use of drugs by
youtho The formats of the
presentations include
color films, lectures, and
discussions. ^ Speakers
will include Dr. Louis
Harris, Associate Pro
fessor of Pharmacology,
School of Medicine, Uni
versity of North Caro
lina at Chapel HilL Dr.
Harris is a leading au
thority on hallucionogen-
ic drugs.
The March 18 and 25
assemblies will be open
forums for students; at
these assemblies any
student may speak on any
subject of his choosing,
though he must notify Jess
Blackman in advance of
Above: Barbara Brown,
one of the students inter
viewed in examination of
cafeteria.
his desire to speak,
Blackman calls the open
forums “an opportunity
for any student to get
things off his chest; ” a
question - and - answer
period will follow these
speeches.
Honors Award Convo
cation, April 10, will con
clude the Spring Assem
bly Programs, according
to Blackman. Attendance
at these assemblies, he
said, will be on a volun
tary basis.
Library Gets
Photocopier
Bound volumes of the
Congressional Record
covering the years
1964-66 have recently
been added to the per
iodicals collection of the
Wesleyan College Li
brary. The volumes,
which contain Congress
ional speeches, debates,
3^nd a record of votes
on bills in both House and
Senate, cover the 2nd ses
sion of the 88th Congress
and the 1st and 2nd ses
sions of the 89th Con
gress. Later this year the
iibrary will receive bound
volumes covering the 90th
Congress (1967-68).
The set includes a de-
ailed subject index, his-
ory of all bills and rese
ctions passed, and a cu-
niulative daily digest of
action in both houses of
ongress. These volumes
were obtained through the
courtesy of Senator B,
jerett Jordanj, junior
j®‘^^tor from North Caro-
thf beginning of
91st Congress in Jan-
jary of this year, the li-
ary has received daily
issues of the Congres-
from the
ice of Congressman L.
ountain. The current
NCW Students
Help Clinic
By TOM MOWBRAY
Several Wesleyan stu
dents have volunteered to
be big brothers and sis
ters for underprivileged
children in both Nash and
Edgecombe Counties.
The idea for such a
program originated with
the Wesleyan Chapter of
the Student National Edu
cation Association. Staff
members of the Edge
combe - Nash Mental
Health Clinic came to a
issue of the Record is
kept in the browsing room,
and back issues are shel
ved in the stacks.
Wesleyan College Li
brary has also recently
obtained a new coin-ope
rated photocopier, which
students can use for copy
ing class notes, personal
papers, etc., as well as
reference books and per
iodicals. Said Mr. Stew
art, Librarian: “We hope
that the addition of this
equipment will give stu
dents more freedom and
convenience in their
work,”
regular meeting of the
S.N.E.A. and introduced
the program. Response
has been good but there
are still many more chil
dren who would benefit
from the type of “tutor-
friend” relationship
which this program seeks
to promote.
Student volunteers are
briefed as to the specific
problems of the case
which they are to work
with as a means of di
recting their efforts. Af
ter this consultation, the
student is allowed to pro
ceed in any manner he
wishes.
Tutors set up a regular
schedule of meetings ac
cording to the time which
best suits both the tutor
and his pupil.
The tutor usually finds
himself very much invol
ved with the problems of
his student. Drawing on
experience gained
through his adolescent
years, the tutor advises
on a basis of friendship
rather than on the au
thority of a parent, doc-
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By MARSHA
For the past several
weeks. The DECREE has
printed different views
concerning the food and
services in the cafeteria.
This week the students
themselves were inter
viewed, Approximate
ly fifty students were ask
ed their opinions of the
food and services in the
cafeteria.
Probably the most
praised items served in
the cafeteria were thela-
sagna, spaghetti, and
iced tea, while the ham
burger served “under
different names” was
probably the least ac
claimed.
About half of the stu
dents stated that a good
assortment of food is a-
vailable in the cafeteria.
Most of them agreed that
it could be much better
if some of the grease
were removed, if it were
cooked in a greater va-
WHITE
riety of ways, and if
it were kep t warm
throughout the serving
time.
Although few students
complained about the at
titude of the people in the
serving line, most of them
did admit that the student
attitudes toward the help
were not always the most
desirable.
Many students ex
pressed the need for a
greater variety in bever
ages and recalled the few
times lemonade had been
served and asked that this
drink be made available
more often.
Students, who are
forced by necessity to eat
lunch in the cafeteria af
ter one o’clock because
of a twelve o'clock class,
complained about the
shortage of food and the
lack of enough time in
which to eat.
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CANADIAN POET
TO APPEAR HERE
Ronald Bates, a lead
ing Canadian poet, is
scheduled to appear here
at 8:00 p.m. March 3 in
the Experimental Thea
tre, Holding the B.A., M.
A., and PhD, degrees
from the University of
Toronto, he is Associate
Professor of English in
the University of Western
Ontario.
He will read from his
books of poetry, including
The Wandering World,
Changes, and The Unima
ginable Circus.
Bates* reviewers have
written of his work:
“There is nowhere in The
Wa_ndering_ World that we
do not feel a contact with
a richly suggestive intel
ligence. We go from the
open world of endless
space to the contained
world of the mind, and
from exploration to self-
knowledge ...” Writes
Northrop Frye: “Mr.
Bates seems to me a ro
mantic poet, in the sense
that he often uses ab
stract and unvisualized
language but is keenly
sensitive to evocative
sound.
Gregory To Youth..
'^Save The Nation*
By GLENN RHODES
Recently, we attended
“A Night With Dick Gre
gory,” presented by the
Duke University Afro-A
merican group in Duke’s
Page Auditorium. Mr.
Gregory is a successful
comedian who is now a
committed activist for a
“Humane world.” In 1968
Mr. Gregory ran for
president, receiving
many thousands of votes.
Several thousand peo
ple listened to his mix
ture of comedy and ser
ious message to the youth
of America. He called
this generation “prob
ably the most morally
dedicated and committed
group of youth in his
tory.” Later he stated,
“You youngsters, you’ve
got a big job — the job
of^saving this country.”
“I say to you young
sters as you work to
change the system, please
let your number one point
of order be these col
leges and universities a-
cross the country.
Please, please make them
meaningful, and they will
go out 100% to educate
you, but not to indoctri
nate ..,Ninety-eight% of
all colleges in America
do not know how to edu
cate, but they do know how
to indoctrinate.”
Mr. Gregory compli-
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